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What an incredible way to kick off the tour! Because of my deep connection to Yogaville in Virginia, playing at the Institute in NYC has been a dream of mine since I started singing Kirtan. Setting up this particular night was the catalyst for booking this tour.

We had a very easy drive into NYC, and found the institute without any trouble at all.

The folks we met were all helpful and kind, and the presence of Gurudev could be felt strongly throughout the rooms and halls of the building. It wasn’t until after we set up all of our gear and did a level check in the Heaven room, where we would be playing, that they told us that room was Gurudev’s apartment in NYC! What a blessing!

This stop was the first one on the tour where I got to meet up face to face with a friend from the ilovefuzz.com forum, a place where you can find me pretty much every day discussing the joys of guitar pedal related joys.

Meet Steev!

Steev was kind enough to film a bit of the beginning of the set with Marshall’s camera:

It’s been a roller coaster couple of weeks leading up towards the holidays. I spent last weekend at a Sufi retreat in DC, and the Baraka Center ended up hosting me for a last minute Kirtan on Saturday night.

This Saturday you will find me in Yogaville at 7:30pm to sing kirtan for 30 minutes before their weekly satsang. I’m also prepping for the Kirtan at Fish Tree Yoga on the 18th in Pensacola, Florida.

Here’s a flier for the upcoming Tea Bazaar gig on Monday December 28th. I’m really stoked about this gig because one of my oldest musical friends has agreed to open up the show with his blues band. It should be a really fun night, and we’ll definitely make coming out on a Monday worth it for you!

My monthly kirtan at the Twisted Branch is coming up this Friday. I am really quite excited about this for a number of reasons. First of all, we’re going to be sharing the bill with Ali Youssefi, who is one of my favorite local singers. He performs deeply spiritual music steeped in the teachings of the baha’i faith, but also carries the interfaith torch as we do.

Secondly, I’m going to be playing with a different lineup of Basement Bhaktis. Arcadia and Patrick will be there on Shruti box and Keyboards, respectively, but I’m also going to be joined by Kevin Ardrey on drums and Chris Rhees on Djembe. Leia Manuel will be on hand to sing responses, and old school Basement Bhakti Courtney Miller will be joining her. You may even see accordian player Tom Lynch in the house… anything’s possible! There’s a lot of new and different energy in this lineup and I’m quite excited to share it with you all.

Doors are at 9pm, and the cost is $5. Here’s that flyer again, in case you missed it!

Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi,

In just two weeks we’re going to be at the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, this time with a special guest, Ali Youssefi. Ali plays some wonderful music steeped in the spiritual teachings of the Baha’i faith. He’s one of my favorite local artists, and I know that he’ll become one of yours as well.

Hi everyone, just wanted to remind about 2 upcoming events i’ll be leading some kirtan at…

The first is August 12th at The Bridge PAI…

I’m really excited about this show, and you should be too! This is a tour that i was thrilled to hear was coming to Charlottesville, and was going to be going to anyway, so when the promoter contacted me to ask if we would open, i absolutely couldn’t say yes fast enough. We’re doing 20 minutes to get things rolling, and the doors open at 7:30, so make sure you’re there bright an early, and ready to stay all night.

Exactly one week later, August 19th…

At my home away from home, the Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, where we will be celebrating the release of CD copies of Waves. We’re going to be doing things a little differently from how the last few months have gone. Instead of 2 sets, some friends of ours are going to play a short warm up set, and then we’re going to do one longer set afterwards.

Please feel free to take these flyer images and repost them on your favorite message boards/social networking sites/etc, and i hope to see you at these shows!

Om shanthi,

Jdavyd